Hello.
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My name is Shelley Quinn
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and I welcome you to
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Exalting His Word.
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Have you ever really considered
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the creative
power of God's word?
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That's what we'll
be discussing today.
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And we're going to learn how
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you and I can put that
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creative power to
work in our lives.
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It's important
to exalt God's word.
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Psalms 138:2 declares that
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God exalts His name
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and His word above all else.
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And that He magnifies His word
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even above His name.
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God exalts
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His word over everything.
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That means nothing is
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more important to Him!
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God has promoted His word to
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the highest rank of importance
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and the greatest
position of praise.
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God has granted
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creative life giving power
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to His word.
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Power to
accomplish all of His will.
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In fact, God has granted
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more creative power to His word
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than to any other force.
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Today we are going to look at
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a rather profound
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yet simple teaching on
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the creative
power of God's word.
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God wants you to experience
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in a very personal way
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the transforming
power of His word
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for your life.
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Let's go to the Lord in prayer.
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Heavenly Father,
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we come today to ask for
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your blessing on this teaching
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and to ask that the Holy Spirit
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will be our teacher.
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And father
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we ask in the name of Jesus
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that you will sanctify us
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by this word.
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And help us Lord to
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put your word into practice.
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We praise you
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and we thank you for
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sending your word to heal us.
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In Jesus name, amen.
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Let me share a quick story.
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There is a corner
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in my kitchen that's dismal
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even when the
windows are wide open
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and the sun is shining.
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I bought a little
Tiffany style lamp that
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has very vibrant colors
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and I placed it on
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the table that's in that corner.
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And when I plugged it in for
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the first time
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the whole room seemed
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livelier and more beautiful.
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In fact,
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that lamp became
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the focal point of the room.
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So I just decided to
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keep it on even during
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the daylight hours because
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it was just so cheery!
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And one day
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I walked into the room
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and the lamp was out.
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So I ran and I
got a new light bulb,
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I changed the light bulb
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but there was still no light.
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And suddenly I was impressed
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with this thought;
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what do you see?
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Well I could
still see the outline of
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the various
shapes of the design.
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But there was no depth of colors
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or no life to it.
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So, I leaned over to
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check the wall outlet
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and I realized
that it was unplugged.
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I plugged it in
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and as I raised up
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I was impressed
with another thought!
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Now what do you see?
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I saw a
luminescent creation of beauty
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with rich colors!
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Plugging it into
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the power source had brought
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the multifaceted design of
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this beautiful
Tiffany lamp to life.
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Did you know that you
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and I are like that lamp?
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God created man in His own image
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and we are a marvelous
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and complicated design but
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the intention of
our design is lifeless.
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Its colorless unless
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we get plugged in to
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His power source!
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If we get plugged in
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God's great design
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can be seen in us
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and we will shine
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with His radiance.
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I love the way
that King David said it!
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He said,
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"You are my lamp oh Lord.
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"The Lord turns my darkness
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"into light."
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Today were going to
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learn how to plug in
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to God's source of power.
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In 1996
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God taught me how to
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tap into the power of His word.
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He led me to take
hundreds of scriptures
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and write them in
the form of affirmations.
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And as I practiced speaking
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His scripture
promises over my life
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something amazing happened!
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God began transforming me!
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I started calling these
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life affirmations
from Scripture because
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they really became life to me.
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And today you're going to learn
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why this practice can
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change your life too.
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In just a moment
we'll carefully examine
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two Greek words from the Bible.
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And go into some depth of
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their definition but don't worry
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about storing the depth of
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this teaching in your mind.
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It's really a
simple purpose that
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I have for bringing this to you.
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And that is to convince you of
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the power of God's word.
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When you see the power
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we'll look at the way that
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you can get plugged in
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by speaking God's
word over your life
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with your living voice.
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Sometimes is good to consider
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the differences in languages.
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I have a friend who speaks both
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the English
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and the Spanish
languages fluently.
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And when I heard her sing a song
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one day was such a
beautiful song that
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she sang in Spanish.
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I asked her
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please translate that verse
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into English for me.
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And she just looked at me
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and she said
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"it doesn't translate!"
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You know,
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I'm still not sure that
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I fully understand her reply but
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one thing I do
recognize is this...
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The English language is somewhat
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limited by comparison to
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other languages of the world.
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The Greek language is
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far richer than English.
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For example
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multiple Greek words are
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translated into our single
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English word love.
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In Greek there's a word for
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unconditional love.
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A different word for
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brotherly love.
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Another word for
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the
affectionate love of a friend
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and the list goes on and on.
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When the New
Testament was translated from
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the original Greek into English
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we lost the
rich under tongues of
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these multiple words that are
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simply translated into English
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as love.
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Now I wanna tell you,
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I'm not a Greek scholar!
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In fact,
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I've never had
any formal training
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in the study of
the Greek language.
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But I am
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an avid student of the Bible.
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And my love for the word of God
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has motivated me
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to purchase many study guides
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written by various
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Greek scholars.
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So when I study the Bible
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here's how I do it...
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I use several
different translations
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at the same time.
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And then to see which
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English translation provides
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the fullest expression of
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the Greek meaning,
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I compare the verses to
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the original Greek text.
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When I first began
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this method of study in
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the fall of 1999
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I noticed that
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there were two Greek terms
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LOGOS and RHEMA which
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translate into English
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as a single term WORD.
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We'll look at
these in just a moment.
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But as I
considered the limitations of
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the English language
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I wondered if a deeper study of
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these two Greek terms
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would reveal anything to me
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and increase my understanding.
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And sure enough!
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As I dove into
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the depth of this study
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I found a great Pearl of value!
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Let me tell you
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right away that
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it wasn't the
scholarly definitions of
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these two Greek terms that
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fascinated me most.
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Instead
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it was the application of
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these terms within scripture.
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Here's how I studied them.
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I reviewed
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every single verse
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in the New Testament.
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Every reference that
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used our English term WORD.
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And then I looked up
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and examined the original Greek
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to find out if it was
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LOGOS or RHEMA.
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And as I studied that way,
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I began to see
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a fine distinction between
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the use of these terms
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LOGOS and RHEMA.
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And they're are
both simply translated
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into our English as WORD.
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I believe that
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the Holy Spirit inspired
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the choice of words penned
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by Bible writers,
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don't you?
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There are subtle nuances within
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the applied use
of these two terms.
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And what I discovered
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helped me to understand
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why affirming God's word
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by speaking it
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over my life brings
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renewed vitality
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and power to
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my Christian experience.
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Would you like to come with me
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and dive deeper into
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the divine reasoning of God?
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Before we
compare the definitions
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let me explain that
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they would derive in part
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from multiple sources including
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Vines Expository Dictionary of
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the Old and New Testament words.
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The Strong's Concordance,
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word meanings in
the New Testament,
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and a volume that's called
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Word Pictures in
the New Testament.
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But an equally
important component of
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my attempt to define these terms
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came from their distinctive
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application within Scripture.
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Let's look at these definitions
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and then I'll comment further.
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[information on screen]
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The vast unfolding of
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the reasoning and the power of
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the mind of God.
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LOGOS is the
expression of His will
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and His purposes.
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[second point on screen]
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Because Christ is
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the perfected revelation of God
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to humanity.
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[information on screen]
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For example Jesus told Simon
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to launch out into the deep
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and cast out his fishing nets.
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And Simon replied,
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We have toiled all night
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and caught nothing.
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Nevertheless at your RHEMA word
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I will let down the net.
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Where we're concerned,
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scripture indicates...
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[information on screen]
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As we continue in this study
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an interesting
pattern will develop that
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will make the difference between
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these two Greek
words more evident.
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The use of these
terms within scripture,
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indicates
something exciting for us
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and that is that you and I can
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apply any instruction
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any promise of God
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from the Bible
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as a RHEMA word.
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A word from God that will have
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an immediate
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and practical application
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to our lives.
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Let me share a funny story
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about being practical.
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In 1996
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a Baptist Pastor asked me to
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come and preach
to his congregation.
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So, I went
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and after the
sermon was finished
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everybody was coming up to me
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and saying,
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"Oh, that was marvelous!
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"That was wonderful!"
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And I got in the car
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with my husband
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and on the way home
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I said well honey
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what did you think?
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And he said, "well
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"it was very inspirational."
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And I could just
tell immediately by
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the tone of its voice that
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there was
something he was thinking
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that he wasn't saying.
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So I said,
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"inspirational but... what?"
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And he looked at me immediately
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and he said
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Honey you've got to
make it more practical!
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Well I think that
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I said something like
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"That's an
interesting observation!"
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But what I didn't say that
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I was thinking was inside
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it was kind of a,
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"Humph! How can I take
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the wonderful
DIVINE thoughts of God
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the spiritual word of God
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and reduce it to
the ordinary mundane
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practical things of this world?
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You see my husband and I
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had assigned a different value
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to the word practical.
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It meant one thing to him
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and something entirely
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different to me at the time.
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A couple of days later
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I was preparing a midweek sermon
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and just an hour before
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I had to leave for the church
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the Lord impressed
me with this thought...
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"make it practical,
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"look it up."
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So, I went to my
Bible and I opened it
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to Luke 11:28
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where Jesus said
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Blessed rather are those
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who hear the word of God
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and obey it
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and practice it.
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Then I grabbed up
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the dictionary to check
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the definition of practical.
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And guess what it said?
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Practical means to
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put into practice
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or action.
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God doesn't want
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His word to be theory
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or speculation
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or just spiritual ideals to us.
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He wants it to be practical!
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Something that
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we are putting it into practice.
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And since that day
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God has been teaching me to
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present His truths in a way that
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people can apply them to
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their everyday
lives by practice.
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Well it's time for
a brief announcement.
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Please stay tuned because
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we'll be right back to
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continue our study.
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If this dynamic series is
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making a
difference in your life,
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then you should know about
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a special study guide
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written by Shelley Quinn.
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Exalting His Word with
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Life Affirmations From Scripture
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is an in depth
study of the word of God.
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Please send
your love gifts to...
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Now and let's return to
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our study on
these two Greek words
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LOGOS and RHEMA.
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Because it does have
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a very practical
application to our lives.
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I realize this is
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some what a technical lesson but
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please don't give up on me!
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Because as we continue
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the distinction
between these two terms
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will become much more clearer!
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And there's great power
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in learning
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how to take God's promises
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and apply them to your life
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as a practical RHEMA word
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of instruction from God.
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This is the way that His word
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enters our lives with triumph.
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And it helps us
achieve the overcoming victory.
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God's word has
great creative power.
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The prophet Jeremiah said
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God made the earth by His power.
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He founded the
world by His wisdom.
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And He stretched out the heavens
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by His understanding.
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he said,
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"Ah, Sovereign Lord!
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"You have made the heavens
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"and the earth!
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"By your great power
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"and outstretched arm.
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"And nothing is too
difficult for you!."
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What was the dynamic power
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by which God created the world?
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Let's look at
two verses in which
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I have supplied the
original Greek term.
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[text on screen]
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Remember
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the definition of LOGOS
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implies the vast unfolding
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of the reasoning
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and power of the mind of God.
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The dynamic force of wisdom
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and understanding by which
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God created the world
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was His LOGOS word!
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The Bible testifies that
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the power
responsible for the creation of
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all things was
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none other than Christ Jesus
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who is called in
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the original
Greek the LOGOS of God.
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Christ spoke the reasoning
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and purposes of His mind.
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And he created
something from nothing!
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An act that only God can do!
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He first spoke the LOGOS word to
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create the
heavens and the earth.
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Yet in Genesis 1:1,2
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the Bible says this...
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[text on screen]
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Now let's look at
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what Hebrews 11:3 says.
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[text on screen]
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When it was time to equip
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and perfect His creation
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the Lord became
very specific with
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His commands
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and the dynamic energy of
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God's RHEMA commands
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let there be
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caused the
completion of creation.
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Equipping and
perfecting all things.
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The practical application of
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the RHEMA word of God
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put the
framework on his creation.
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Further still
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the Bible tells us
that the might RHEMA word of
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Christ sustains
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and upholds all things!
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Let's look at Hebrews 1:3.
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It says,
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[text on screen]
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God has a RHEMA command to
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the earth that
keeps it in its orbit.
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And He's got
another RHEMA command that's
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called the law of gravity.
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He has a RHEMA
command to the seas
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and the oceans that says
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"you can come this
far and no further."
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God has a RHEMA command for
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every object of His creation.
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Everything is sustained by
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His might RHEMA word of power.
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Now, what about us?
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The Bible says that
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when we're born again,
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we are God's work of art.
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Recreated in the
image of Jesus Christ.
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To do the good works that
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God planned in
advance for us to do.
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To walk in the path that
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He had prepared
for us in advance.
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So, how does God recreate us?
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When we look at
our own experience
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with the creative force
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of God's power.
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-His word.
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We find an interesting parallel
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to the creation
process of the world.
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Let's look at 1 Peter 1:23.
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[text on screen]
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-This is talking about us...
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[back to text]
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By His will
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God chose to give us new birth
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through His LOGOS word of truth.
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Our rebirth happens when
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we receive and welcome
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the word of God.
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Implanted and
rooted in our hearts.
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When we were born again
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God made something of nothing
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taking someone
who was dead in sin
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and making us
alive in the spirit.
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Making us a new
creation in Christ Jesus.
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At our spiritual rebirth,
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we're just like little babies.
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We're not the finished product!
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We still require
the daily process of
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continued change
that conforms us to
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God's divine nature.
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Just as the creation of
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the heavens and the earth
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begged completion,
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we also need
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the perfecting work of the Lord!
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We're like a new lump of clay.
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We should entrust our lives to
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the Master Potter's hands.
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God stands ready to equip us.
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To complete and perfect
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His work in us.
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The Creator of the universe
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will uphold and sustain us by
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His mighty RHEMA word of power!
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Let me summarize
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these conclusions about
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the creative power of
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God's word from the study of
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these two Greek terms.
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[information on screen]
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The entire Bible is
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God's LOGOS word.
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Making His word RHEMA means to
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focus on
individual Bible promises
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and instructions.
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To confess them over our lives
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and to put them into practice.
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It means that
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we have to accept God's word
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as something that
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God will
accomplish in our lives.
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It is so important
for us to remember that
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it is not us performing His word
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but it is the power
of God working in us
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watching over His
word to perform it.
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I tell you,
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if you will just take
these lessons to heart,
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God will do a
miracle in your life!
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The miracle of God
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is contained in His word.
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In the next program,
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we're going to develop
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a clearer understanding of
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the dynamic
impact of this process!
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For now,
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we should just recognize that
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there is power in
the RHEMA word of God.
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Power to equip us
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and to complete
the good work that
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God has begun in us.
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As I said earlier,
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this is a profound
yet simple teaching.
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I thank you for staying with me
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as I tried to escort you into
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the depth of His
creative word power.
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What we've done is,
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we've laid a foundation for
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understanding
our continuing study.
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Next time
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when we will
look at the RHEMA word
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in the context of scripture.
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And what we're going to do is
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let the Bible develop
the definition for us.
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You know,
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it is so important that
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we never let
scholarly works really
00:26:53.40\00:26:56.78
determine our
attitude about the Bible.
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Something that I
have learned is that
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God's word never
contradicts itself!
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And it is interesting
to study in the Greek.
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Not everyone has
that opportunity or
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even the time to do that.
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But it can help us sometimes
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see something
that's a little richer.
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A little...
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gives us a better understanding.
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And I believe next week
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you're gonna see
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the exciting
advantages of taking God's word
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and making it
your RHEMA utterance!!
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I pray that the
power of His Holy Spirit,
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He will teach you
00:27:34.77\00:27:35.85
the dynamics of this
affirmation practice.
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May He multiply His mercy,
00:27:38.90\00:27:41.68
love and grace to you.
00:27:41.73\00:27:42.70
And watch over His word to
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perform it in your life
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as you cooperate with Him.
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Please spend your time
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making that which is
most important to God
00:27:49.47\00:27:52.82
the very thing that is
00:27:52.87\00:27:54.65
also most important to you
00:27:54.70\00:27:57.05
Exalting His Word.
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